Year 2014

  Winning the DV lottery is a dream for many people, and of course, wherever there are dreams to be handed out, there always seems to be someone trying to make a buck out of it. A DV lottery agent… Continue Reading →

  People often ask this – people are used to processing immigration through lawyers because the process seems complex and lawyers are “trained experts” – right? So you can improve your chances by using a lawyer when you won the… Continue Reading →

Everyone loves a birthday – right – well sometimes a child turning 21 can present a problem if the parents are waiting for a DV interview. However, turning 21 does not always mean the child cannot get a visa, and… Continue Reading →

DV lottery information Just listing here some of the links that provide tools and useful sources of DV lottery information about the DV program:-     USCIS info Official DV lottery entry site Visa Bulletin home  Immigration yearbook DV Program statistics… Continue Reading →

Consular Processing versus Adjustment of Status In talking about the DV lottery you will often hear the terms CP or AoS – Consular Processing versus Adjustment of Status. The vast majority of DV lottery winners process their cases outside of… Continue Reading →

Education is BIG business in the USA, and the USA is packed with Universities (colleges as they are termed in the US). Wikipedia quotes that there were almost 4600 universities in 2011 – far more than ANY other country in… Continue Reading →

DV interview questions This question comes up often – what are the typical DV interview questions? People  are nervous about the interview as if they are going to be asked some really difficult questions or be held for an hour… Continue Reading →

Some may want to know a little more about me – so here goes…. I am a 50+ year old IT Software Engineer. Originally from the United Kingdom I now live in Livermore, California – a small city of 82,000… Continue Reading →

When you are approved for a Green Card through the DV lottery there are some important timelines that you MUST understand and adhere to – so this post will hopefully clear up some of those points about Visa validity. Hopefully,… Continue Reading →

A friend, Matina K, has suggested that some might benefit from a post about how to handle the situation when you have entered as single and want to get married at various points along the DV process.   Firstly, I should… Continue Reading →